Los Angeles, Jan 4 (IANS) Rapper-turned-actress Awkwafina, who had a successful year with “Oceans 8” and “Crazy Rich Asians”, is in talks to join the “Jumanji” sequel. Variety reported that Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack…
Los Angeles, Jan 4 (IANS) Actor Will Poulter has taken a “step back” from Twitter to reassess his relationship with social media after he faced abuse from online trolls over his looks in a show….
Seoul, Jan 4 (IANS) North Korea replaced its top envoy in Rome in November, Italian diplomatic authorities said on Friday, while remaining guarded about whether it’s linked with a reported asylum bid by a Pyongyang…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The suspension of 45 Lok Sabha members belonging to AIADMK and the TDP is likely to be revoked if they assure Speaker Sumitra Mahajan that they will not create pandemonium….
Vijayawada, Jan 4 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday entrusted to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the case relating to the knife attack on YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam…
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) New Horizons spacecraft which explored the ancient Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, earlier this week, has yielded that the distant object has no evidence of an atmosphere, NASA has said….
Srinagar, Jan 4 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot and critically injured a civilian on Friday in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said the gunmen fired at Simranjeet Singh in Khasipora village. “He…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Actor Ranveer Singh on Friday took on a hip-hop style to announce that the trailer of his upcoming movie “Gully Boy” will release on January 9. The actor treated his fans…
Paris, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) UN culture organisation Unesco’s Director-General has deplored the car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu that killed a prominent TV reporter and at least 13 other people last month, urging…
Rome, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) Eni has signed an accord to purchase from Caelus Energy a 70 per cent stake in the Oooguruk oil field that it doesn’t already own, allowing the Italian energy giant to…
Bengaluru, Jan 4 (IANS) US-based business process services company Conduent has completed the acquisition of software company Health Solutions Plus (HSP) for an undisclosed sum. New York-based HSP developed a healthcare payer administration software that…
Los Angeles, Jan 4 (IANS) Nicholas Sparks’ romantic novel-turned-hit film “The Notebook” is now set to become a Broadway musical. Producers Kevin McCollum and Kurt Deutsch in association with Sparks are coming up with the…
By Anup Sharma Bhangnamari (Assam), Jan 4 (IANS) Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya’s illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of this village in western Assam’s Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Mary Poppins Returns” Director: Rob Marshall Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Jeremy Swift, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith,…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Actor Arshad Warsi, who plays a conman in “Fraud Saiyaan”, says it’s exciting to play a character like that with a romantic streak. In the movie, Arshad plays the character of…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is set to launch Honor 10 Lite with a 24MP selfie camera, its home-grown Kirin 710 processor and a dewdrop notch display in India in mid-January, industry…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Child artiste Gauransh Sharma will play the role of Govind aka Laddu in “Jiji Maa”. His look will be inspired by actor Govinda’s style across Bollywood films. “I love Laddu’s look…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (IANS) Kerala Police will step up security for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan following widespread protests in the state over the entry of two women to the Sabarimala shrine, a police officer said…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Actor-producer Sanjay Khan hosted his 78th birthday celebration party at his residence, and the celebration saw his former son-in-law Hrithik Roshan as well as friends like Shabana Azmi, Poonam Dhillon and…
By Arnab Neil Sengupta Events of the year that has just gone by have underscored once again the stark fact that independent and sovereign statehood is the ultimate currency of power. The patronage of distant…